IS IT TRUE that it was a good weekend to be a Cardinal?…that it all started off with the St. Louis Cardinals winning the 2011 World Series?…that it continued into Saturday afternoon when the University of Louisville Cardinals defeated the Syracuse Orangemen to forge into a tie for 2nd in the embattled Big East Conference?…that Saturday night completed the trilogy of victory for any Cardinal fan with the Stanford University Cardinal defeating the USC Trojans in multiple overtimes at the Los Angeles Coliseum?…that ever getting out of the LA Coliseum with a win over the Trojans is rare?…that while St. Louis and Louisville are named after birds it is a little known fact that Stanford has no mascot, the “dancing tree” is a member of the band, and the name “The Cardinal” while having many legends is really just the color of the uniforms?

IS IT TRUE that much has been written and filmed regarding the now infamous secret meeting to discuss the Homestead Tax Credit?…that we who are close to local politics are as sick of this as this writer is of the word VETTING?…that believe it or not there are still vast numbers of people in the City of Evansville who are still oblivious to both and thus the banging on the drum continues?…that it is the people of Evansville who will elect the next Mayor and City Council and that as long as a large number of Evansvillians are oblivious that it is good political strategy for any candidate who may benefit from the dissemination of this knowledge to keep pounding the drum?…that those of us who are hearing about it for the 1,000th time really need to let the campaigns be the campaigns and hope that when the ballots are casted that those voting are not oblivious to anything?…that Eric Bradner wrote a column today that seems to be the best that the CCO has seen regarding this issue?…that we endorse the following column?

http://www.courierpress.com/news/2011/oct/29/new-democratic-ads-put-weinzapfel-in-political/#comments

IS IT TRUE that other mainstream media outlets are finally seeming to catch on to what may be the most telling thing about the Davis for Mayor campaign?…that we can talk all day about meth, parks, jobs, FloatGate, BoothGate, and the three ring circus called the Vanderburgh County Democratic Party, but the very consistent rock on which the Davis campaign is built is the disdain for the Evansville political establishment, or “the machine” as it is now commonly referred to as?…that the CCO wishes success for the future of Evansville and that either Mr. Davis or his opponent Lloyd Winnecke will be chosen to drive the machine called Evansville starting on January 1, 2012?…that one thing for certain is that Evansville needs to change and it is not the moronic hopey-changey kind from the 2008 election cycle?…that real fundamental changes in how we think and act are what the government of the City of Evansville needs?…that we hope that whomever is elected to be the next Mayor of Evansville will not have to deal with any “machine” that is dedicated to keeping things as they are for selfish purposes?

IS IT TRUE that the Ford Center had its first official event that had the potential to draw a large crowd and test the parking situation yesterday?…that both the UE Aces men’s and women’s basketball teams played well and that the crowds were 3,846 and 643 respectively?…that neither of those crowds should have taxed the available parking in the least?…that the Aces games with Butler and IU should be the first real opportunities for capacity crowds and then we shall learn just how well the anticipated traffic and parking problems have been managed?

IS IT TRUE the Cardinals came through last night with a hometown boy from St. Louis driving in runs and making a key defensive play to win the 7th game in the 2011 World Series and bring an 11th World Series Championship to St. Louis?…that the St. Louis Cardinals franchise is second only to the New York Yankees in World Series Championships?…that the Yankees dominance is certainly helped by the gargantuan budget for talent that is enjoyed by that team in that market?…that the CCO is pleased as we are sure that nearly everyone in Evansville is who does not happen to be a native Texan?…that we can speak for the festive atmosphere at the Buffalo Wild Wings on Evansville’s East Side that kept rolling for the last 3 innings?…that there were a few Texas fans in the room but we all treated them with respect and that Evansville is a better town that Morgantown, West Virginia when it comes to sportsmanship?…that there were plenty of festivities last night but no couches were set afire?

IS IT TRUE that this looks like a perfect day for taking in a college football game?…that it would be nice to have the privilege of doing so in Evansville?…that back in the day, the University of Evansville Purple Aces football team took down some pretty strong teams?…that somewhere in a box is a football with a victory over the Louisville Cardinals?…that this is really a tale of teams and cities?…that today the Cardinals have a number of Bowl Championships including the 2007 Orange Bowl and play in a 57,000 seat stadium adjacent to Churchill Downs?…that all of this was put into place in the City of Louisville before their consolidation with Jefferson County?…that all of these places which sell out nearly every game are within the old city limits of Louisville?…that all are former dirty and abandoned industrial sites that were first torn down in mass and then revitalized with private dollars?

IS IT TRUE that the “official” verdict of what went on that caused FLOATGATE has finally been released?…that the finding is that Sgt. Hubbard was not proven to have acted upon any motive other than taking a person with a warrant out on them off of the street?…that the “official” position of the EPD is that if Alex Jarvis, the Political Director of the Vanderburgh County Democratic Party would have taken care of his outstanding warrant issue that Sgt. Hubbard would have had no reason to have him apprehended from the Democratic Party Float at the Fall Festival?…that the CCO still maintains that the timing was too perfect to have had no motive whatsoever and that Mr. Jarvis was at the very least the butt of a cruel joke?…that anyone who knows this guy would not seen his riding on a float as a threat to society?…that FLOATGATE shall live on in Evansville legend just as alien abductions in trailer parks and big foot sightings do in rural areas where MOONSHINE is openly available?…that maybe it was ALIENS that abducted Mr. Jarvis after all?…that it was a full moon so maybe some local version of a Werewolf was lurking?…that we look forward to the next shenanigans over the weekend?

IS IT TRUE among all of the political hoopla that Whirlpool Corporation has conducted another layoff and that there were even a few let go here in Evansville?…that the sister plant to the Evansville operation that was closed last year in Fort Smith, Arkansas in now on the list for mothballs?…that was probably just a matter of time?…that we seem to remember several tax abatements granted by the Weinzapfel Administration during the last couple of years of Whirlpool’s run in Evansville?…that we wonder if any actions are being taken in the last days of this administration to recover some of the incentives that Whirlpool was given that were never earned?…that the CCO would encourage Mayor Weinzapfel to use some of his last 61 days in office to recover some unearned incentives that are out there to fill the coffers of the City of Evansville and forget about emptying the coffers on special deals like pole barn tennis centers and any resurrection of any $2 Million baseball fields?

IS IT TRUE that our traffic is setting more records now than we can count and that we will be providing an update after the end of the month?